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old school vette
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To me "old school" is as much a mind set and build way than a certain year, granted we won't be seeing too many c8 old school builds but before the term "rat rod" was used to try to sell any POS on craigslist the term was jalopy, meaning to me build the best you can with what you have, sure I know most builders of "vettes" just toss money at things to get them done but some still do "old school" "jalopy" builds like doorgunner for example, using the mind and hands over the wallet....my 66 was an old school jalopy in every sense....
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To me "old school" is as much a mind set and build way than a certain year, granted we won't be seeing too many c8 old school builds but before the term "rat rod" was used to try to sell any POS on craigslist the term was jalopy, meaning to me build the best you can with what you have, sure I know most builders of "vettes" just toss money at things to get them done but some still do "old school" "jalopy" builds like doorgunner for example, using the mind and hands over the wallet....my 66 was an old school jalopy in every sense....
Thanks, Bats.............you "oughta" see what I accomplish with a CocaCola can and a 30 caliber machine gun.......
(oooops......pardon the flashback!)
I tend to think that carbs and point-type distributors determine old school..........(and the answer to the next question is "YES")
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Me neither. I always thought "Old School" was a reference to a method of doing things..... not any particular year models. And again, to me, it meant.... as Bats says.... doing things with what you have, a "Make it work" attitude.
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"Old school", is a reference of how things were done in the past.
The past is different for someone like myself, born in the fifties, to say, someone born in the eighties.
Therefore "Old school", for me is what was done to Hot Rods, of the thirties, forties, and fifties. Didn't have to be owner built, but in most cases, it was.
"Old school", in relation to Corvettes, is a small window of time, considering they first came into the market place in '53.
The past is different for someone like myself, born in the fifties, to say, someone born in the eighties.
Therefore "Old school", for me is what was done to Hot Rods, of the thirties, forties, and fifties. Didn't have to be owner built, but in most cases, it was.
"Old school", in relation to Corvettes, is a small window of time, considering they first came into the market place in '53.
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Then you have old school looks like a set of 60's slots instead of a something that Foose has designed.
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No one person...it means different things to each of us....
Thanks for saying it way better than what I was babbling,
I also want to ad to me old school is not hack job like "rat rod" has come to mean to me, "old school" doesn't mean to me that a person can't use modern tires, or fuel injection etc and the spirit of the build still be "old school"
Thanks for saying it way better than what I was babbling,
I also want to ad to me old school is not hack job like "rat rod" has come to mean to me, "old school" doesn't mean to me that a person can't use modern tires, or fuel injection etc and the spirit of the build still be "old school"
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Old School to me isn't just about vehicles, it's the way things were in life.
My Dad is definitely old school. Truth, integrity and self-sufficiency were expected, not rewarded.
When a thief in a $5000 suit, living in a mansion, was still a thief...
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I agree. Old school is a way of doing things, all in the hands and mind. Doing things without technology. Example, a carb is old school, even though they had fuel injection in the 60s. Another example using string. markings and a straight edge to do an alignment and not a machine.
Then you have old school looks like a set of 60's slots instead of a something that Foose has designed.
Then you have old school looks like a set of 60's slots instead of a something that Foose has designed.
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I would say no.
"Period correct" MIGHT be old school. Probably is more times than not. But "old school" doesnt necessarily have anything to do with "period correct."
A Flock of Seagulls cassette tape in a C4 might be "period correct" but I doubt anyone would call it "old school."
"Period correct" MIGHT be old school. Probably is more times than not. But "old school" doesnt necessarily have anything to do with "period correct."
A Flock of Seagulls cassette tape in a C4 might be "period correct" but I doubt anyone would call it "old school."